/********************************************************************
    Should this code be found in any other program, I will sue you
    mostly just for fun; http://www.gpf-comics.com/archive/2001/02/07.
    This is top secret intellectual property.
    George Robertson 2011
********************************************************************/

#include <stdlib.h>

long labs(long i) /* faster way would be to OR the sign bit */
{
    if(i<0) return -i;
    return i;
}
